“Four years ago, the state of Illinois offered Roseland the financial lifeline it so greatly needed in return for the promise that it would put its financial house in order,” Frerichs said. “The leadership of
the hospital and the greater community rose up to meet that challenge and, as a result, have earned the trust and the high expectations that come with this financial assistance.”
Berrios said, “My office works to properly value every property and efficiently administer tax saving exemptions for homeowners. My primary concerns as Assessor continue to be the fair and equitable assessment of all properties to ensure each property owner only pays his or her fair share of property taxes and the on-time completion of the assessment cycle.
“The last three years, the house
has been very unkept in terms of grass
not being cut and one of the level one
windows aren’t boarded up,” Daniels
said. “They gutted out the house, but
the inside interior and walls aren’t in
the best of condition.”
Since 2012, North Lawndale College Prep students have had the opportunity to work with the National Forest Foundation to help restore Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie preserve in Will County through Exelon’s Midewin Youth Corps (MYC) program.
Lisa Creason, a mother of four, including a son she has custody over, shares her story about turning tragedy into triumph by fighting for Senate Bill 42.
Hundreds of residents and residents of the Bronzeville neighborhood were in attendance. Paul G Stewart also awarded 6 residents who are 100 years old in a "Centenarian celebration" along with Ald. Pat Dowell, Ill. State Senator Mattie Hunter and Paul G Stewart Center executive team members.
The Mayor of Robbins, Tyrone Ward would like to invite you to the Village of Robbins’ 100th Year Celebration and 19th Annual Back-to-School Festival & Parade.
“For the fifth year in a row, CPS students are meeting or beating the national average in both reading and math,” said Mayor Emanuel. “Record setting achievements like NWEA results are proof that when we raise the bar for Chicago’s students, they take pride in meeting and beating our expectations.”
Davis said during his press conference at Rock of our Salvation Church, located in the Austin community, that he has noticed that many churches lack a strong male presence, which is a major problem in black communities.
“I encourage taxpayers in Thornton Township to review their notices carefully and file appeals if they feel their proposed reassessment values are not
fair and accurate.
“It’s not like silent racism, but it’s like in your face racial hatred,” she stated. “I think these problems have always existed and the Nazis and white supremacists were always hiding in the woodworks.”
Some of the recent civilian killings by Chicago’s police included Laquan McDonald, who was diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder. Other killings included Northern Illinois University (NIU) student Quintonio LeGrier, who was involuntarily admitted into a psychiatric hospital, and Michelle Robey, who was diagnosed with bipolar schizoaffective disorder, according to attorneys at Loevy & Loevy